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  • December 10, 2025

    AI: Your Best Intern Ever

    Everywhere you look, every event we attend, every vendor update seems to include something about Artificial Intelligence (AI). Some of it sounds fluffy, like they have plans, but nothing is available yet. Others promise the world if you use their iteration or system! Chris suggested interviewing our teams and sharing some things they do with […]

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  • December 09, 2025

    Increase in Unwelcomed Email Activity

    The techs have noticed an increase in calls regarding spam getting through, not just for our clients, but for us, too! 🚨 The bad actors are using AI 🤖 to get better and better, and given the time of year, there’s just a lot more solicitation going on. In response, we’ve decided to tighten our […]

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  • December 04, 2025

    Tips & Tricks: M365 Desktop App / Copilot Part 1

    Welcome to SysconU: Tips & Tricks! Hosted by Chris Wendt, this series brings you quick, practical insights to help you get the most out of Windows 11 and Microsoft 365—straight from our popular webinar series! In this clip, Chris talks about the M365 Desktop App and Copilot—including handy shortcuts and tips for searching across M365.

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  • December 04, 2025

    Zelle Fraud Impersonation

    Larry received a call saying they were with Chase Bank, providing a name and ID number. He was working with the Zelle Fraud Protection Department at the Chase Bank and gave an address in Phoenix. He then said that the caller ID number Larry could see was further proof he was calling from that branch. […]

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  • November 26, 2025

    Retention: New Rules

    It’s not new to 2025, but there are new rules for reporting retention on Financial statements. From the many CPA’s I’ve spoken with and the breakout sessions at the CFMA Annual conference, the CPA’s have been pushing back on this ruling, but with no success. Many of us are seeing the results as we receive […]

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  • November 13, 2025

    Sage, Power, Virtual Servers

    For S100C users that log into the Sage Server, usually to launch the Sage Database Admin tool to run the Tune Up, Archive a prior Fiscal Year, or to Archive Payroll (coming in a few months!), the Sage tool that checks the power seems to be missing a few lines of code. The Database Admin […]

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  • November 13, 2025

    Book Review: Co-Intelligence

    Chris recommends this book to everyone he talks with! Mr. Mollick is a professor of management at Wharton, specializing in entrepreneurship and innovation. He’s been following and researching the emergence of AI for a while now, having been featured in various publications. In addition to a fascination with how AI is impacting businesses, especially start-ups, […]

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  • November 05, 2025

    Sage Support: Beware!

    During the crazy December and January season, Sage and Aatrix support are buried in calls and chat requests; it’s nearly impossible to get ahold of them! This isn’t unusual, and the hackers know all about it—an opportunity for them to try to trick you! A couple years ago, Sage 100 Contractor support moved to the […]

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  • November 05, 2025

    New and Exiting Team Members

    It seems quite a few of our clients are bringing new team members on board. We are helping with the setup of these new employees, both for the office and the field. This includes setting up their email, access to SharePoint folders, Power BI reports for Project Managers, and a login to critical software such […]

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  • October 29, 2025

    Copilot – An Idea for You

    We received two payments from a client which covered several invoices. We hadn’t received a remittance advice, but we could tell it wasn’t just the oldest invoices, so we were stuck on how to enter the payments. I wondered if Copilot could help! So we entered (copied) the open invoice amounts into Excel, then entered […]

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